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T. FOWLER. MACHINE FORVMA'KING HORSESHOE NAILS. No. 64,964.

Patented May 21, 1867.

Witnesses:

Iliith tetra atar-i ffirz. a t l THADDEUS FOWLER, OF SEYMOUR, ASSIGNOR TO THE FOWLER NAIL COMPANY, or new HAVEN, GONNEGTXGUT.

Letters Patent No. 64,964, datd May 21, 1867.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: 7

Be it known that I, Tmmmzus Fownnn, of Seymour, in the county of New Haven, and State of Connectiout, have invented, made, and applied to use a certain new and useful Ithjprovement in Machinery for Making Horse-Shoe Nails, and I do hereby declare the following to he a full, clear, and exact description of the said invention, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making part of thisspeoification, wherein- Figure 1 is a plan of my machine. Fig re 2 is an elevation of the straightening-jaws and compressing-dies, the bed being in section and Figure 3 is an inverted plan of the straightening-jaws.

fiimilar'marks Of reference denote the same parts.

My invention relates to mechanism for taking the nail, after it has been rolled down to form the shank, a-ightening said nail by lateral pressure, and then stiffening (leaving the head of the size of the nail-rod,) and Sh the same, as well as straightening it in the other direction, by pressure on the side of the body or shank, and

h the head; I also finish the point of the nail by removing the metal on one side.

at its junction wit In the drawing, a is a bed, carrying the parts of the machine. I: is 'a head-block, carrying the actuatingshaft 0 and a sliding head 01, that is moved up and down by a crankin, d, and hlnnlr runningin a slot transverse/y O/ffi [Z All) 0/1161 COIN/Mimi mechanism might be employed for giving a small but powerful movement to the head J. U130 tll (1 lg D. Glltllllll' [l M J i. are and than; adapted to take in the h of me an; l p g I automatically by the pawl j, that is acted upon b the adjustable plate on the head d. The pawl f has its fulcrum upon a stationary plate, 9, that is attached to the centre stud, around which the carrier h revolres, and this plate 9 may be'turned upon its attaching bolt 0 so as to adjust the pawl f to make it move the carrier h to the right place each time the head (I oommhglees to descend. The nails are laid into the notches i by hand or automatically, and are carried around to t e successive operations. k is a joint upon the bed a, by which the jaw-block lis attached. I is a spring just strong enough to turn up or lift this jaw-block Z, and the parts it carries. a a are strong studs projecting horizontally from the block Z, and carrying the lever jaws n n, (see figs. 2 and 3;) and springs 7 employed to turn these jaws on their studs 8, so that the jaws will be opened by their lower ends being separated. Upon the head dis a plate, m, controlling the motion of the jaws n 12.

As the nail is brought around by the carrier it it pauses below the open jaws n n.. As the head 01 descends time jaws are carried down until theyrest upon the bed a. The) are still open, because the spring 1 yields 111110}! 6118)}?! than the springs r 7- The further descent of the head d closes those jaws byiactin upon th i bent or lever upper ends, and in sadoing the nail is owerfully pressed on its edges by n. latllll DlDSSlllB lllililliiilll m the Queuing between them being the shape required for the edges of the nail, said nail is 7 run. 1. "men; forward. bringing another'nuil beneath move this place around ro ressivel and 

